Business and Management

Management approaches and workplace culture help determine employee productivity, morale, talent acquisition and retention, and organizational adaptability.

This is the first book that explores the shift that will become the future state operating model for companies seeking to remain competitive and relevant in this fast-changing digital world.

Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics is a step-by-step guide to balancing the triangle of service, cost and cash which is the essence of supply chain management.

Effective leadership coaching can drastically improve performance.

FINALIST: Business Book Awards 2019 - Leadership CategoryBusiness leaders' audiences - their customers, competitors and employees alike - live and breathe social media.

Whilst the maritime container business has been studied in depth, the impact on shippers and how shippers deal with the given challenges has not been fully examined.

Understand content marketing best practice from a new perspective with exclusive insight and contributions from leading academics, experts, global thought leaders and influencers in the industry on key topics, to create a truly unique resource - including a foreword by Tom Goodwin and bonus online chapters.

Warehousing and Transportation Logistics offers an overview of transport, warehousing and assembly logistics, including order picking, packaging, handling and management.

An excellent business plan impresses financial backers, provides a clear blueprint for the future of your company and functions as a benchmark against which to measure future growth.

B2B marketing is functioning in an increasingly fast-paced and complex business landscape, with a wealth of new technologies, tools and channels, and where customers are more in control of the buying process than ever before.

In the face of globalization, multinational companies have become the norm, rather than the exception.

The immersive brand experience is revolutionizing brand engagement.

Attracting, hiring, developing and retaining the right people is crucial to an organization's success.

Get exclusive insight into the internal communications strategies behind leading businesses like WPP, Heathrow Airport, Pizza Express, BG Groups and more, and learn what 'good' looks like in internal communications, to ensure yours demonstrates a clear impact on ROI and business performance.

Internal branding is the cultural shift that occurs within an organization when employees become more customer-focused.

COMMENDED: Business Book Awards 2018 - Thought Leader CategoryToday, businesses of all sizes generate a great deal of creative graphic media and content, including websites, presentations, videos and social media posts.

Product design touches every aspect of modern life, determining the form and function of the products and technologies that we use every day.

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a widely recognised process for engaging people in organizational development and change management.

Armstrong on Reinventing Performance Management presents a holistic approach to performance management, drawing on Michael Armstrong's vast research and experience.

Professional Practice in Learning and Development guides learning and development professionals and students in designing and delivering effective people development in the modern organization.

This book is about how great leaders can make purpose the beating heart of their organization and use it to power performance.

Strengths-Based Recruitment and Development explains how and why strengths-based recruitment (SBR) is having a transformational impact on performance in top companies like Saga, Gap, Starbucks and SABMiller.

Our lives are getting faster and faster.

WINNER: Berry-AMA Book Award 2012 (1st edition)WINNER: Expert Marketing Magazine's Marketing Book of the Year Award 2011 (1st edition)How Cool Brands Stay Hot analyses Generations Y and Z, the most marketing savvy and advertising-critical generations yet.

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption.

Introduction to Global Logistics offers a step-by-step guide to global logistics.

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes.

Essential Leadership is a practical, accessible book that tackles theory and practice in an integrated and stimulating way.

Most leadership development runs on rails: courses are organized with standard content usually delivered by companies set up expressly for that purpose.

A company's reputation is one of its most valuable assets, and reputational risk is high on the agenda at board level and amongst regulators.

The weight of social responsibility in public relations (PR) has never been more pronounced.

In today's competitive environment where we are doing everything we can to compete for talent, effective communication ensures we are showcasing our HR programmes in a way which will help us attract, retain and engage talent.

What makes someone covet a Kelly bag?

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Practical Manager CategoryOrganizations traditionally have had a clear distinction between their policies on diversity and inclusion and their talent management.

The definitive expert guide to ethical brand practice from the prestigious Medinge Group, Brands with a Conscience dissects the philosophies underpinning sustainable brands to arrive at a set of eight clear guiding attributes which can be used as the foundation of a strategy for responsible growth.

Knowledge was once power - difficult to find, slow to transmit and coveted.

The best way to learn how to navigate change successfully is to look at practical examples of change management programmes.

In order to expand your business in existing and into new and diverse markets, it is vital that strategies and plans can be developed with realistic prospects of success.

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems.

Handling a crisis and knowing how to manage the potential reputational damage that can occur has become a top priority for all businesses.

Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the front line of the branding for over twenty years.

Inspiring communication can make the difference between poor performance and exceptional results.

Adopted internationally by business schools and MBA programmes, this book is the ultimate resource for senior strategists, positioning professionals and postgraduate students to understand and overcome the challenges of brand management and strategy today, written by the leading international expert of branding, Jean-Noel Kapferer.

The Public Sector: Managing the Unmanageable offers practical advice to public sector managers on how to develop techniques to deal with the challenges they face, particularly in the areas of accountability, setting targets, risk management/encouraging innovation, managing people, decision making and working with politicians.

The essential guide to fashion's favourite print.

21st century organizations, across all sectors and of all types, have to cope with an international marketplace where change is frequent and customer expectations continue to rise.

IQ and EQ (Emotional Intelligence) are not enough.

Get internal communications right in your organization and the benefits are clear: motivated staff, better financial performance, a strong external reputation and delighted customers are just a few of the reasons why getting your message over to staff effectively matters.

The car - once everybody's dream and a key status symbol in most countries and cultures - has been extensively questioned in the last decades and in the last few years particularly.

Knowledge of business research is necessary for any business student, as all postgraduate business programmes and business-related disciplines require it.